writing related links: writing Useful writing/scriptwriting organisations, websites and resources.

ScriptWriter Magazine
Online version of the monthly magazine that deals with every aspect of the trade, ranging from genre discussion to legal advice.
www.scriptwritermagazine.com

Movie Bytes
American site focussed on screenwriting contests and markets. It’s very much about ‘selling’ but useful for competitions. The site includes British and European short films as well as hundreds from America, plus competitions for feature scripts.
www.moviebytes.com

New Writing North
This is a site specifically aimed at writers (of all types) in the North of England, but it provides lots of handy information for writers everywhere.
www.newwritingnorth.com

Script It; Screen It: Sell It!
Specialising in writing courses held in hotels and resorts around Scotland and Ireland.
www.scriptscreensell.co.uk

Shooting People
Shooting People, the filmmaking community, offers a daily screenwriters' bulletin for writers to exchange information, and for directors to source scripts. Writers can also pitch to agents and producers through the weekly script pitch bulletin.
www.shootingpeople.org

The Writers Guild of Great Britain
The Industry’s Guild of Writers is a membership-based organisation, with a specific arm focussing on screenwriters. They work with PACT in drawing up the industry-standard contracts.
www.writersguild.org.uk

Zoetrope Virtual Studio
Zoetrope Virtual Studio was started by Francis Coppola as a means for writers to submit their short stories to his short fiction magazine, Zoetrope: All-Story. It is a place where writers, directors, composers etc. can view and review one another's work. It includes a section where writers of short stories, novellas and screenplays can collaborate and communicate. US-based site.
www.zoetrope.com

BBC World Service: How To Write
A good place to start, this site services all kinds of writers and has specific advice from industry professionals for screenwriters.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/...

BBC World Service: Writing Radio Drama Tips
Another useful resource from World Service containing advice on structuring your writing and editorial tips, focusing on radio drama but equally applicable to any type of scriptwriting.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/...

BBC Writersroom/links
A few of the hundreds of Screenwriter sites available can be accessed via the Links section of the BBC Writers Room.
www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/links

Daily Script
www.dailyscript.com

Script Pimp
www.scriptpimp.com/show_me/free_screenplays

Simply Scripts
www.simplyscripts.com

iScriptdb
www.iscriptdb.com

Triggerstreet
www.triggerstreet.com

Oscars/nicholl
Good overview of script formatting from a US point of view.
www.oscars.org/nicholl

BBC Writersroom/scriptsmart
Through the Writers Room, you can access basic but efficient Word-based software designed by a screenwriter to help format scripts.
www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart

Celtx
A downloadable cross-format approach to writing and organising.
www.celtx.com

Film Scriptwriting
Free advice on formatting, structure and character development, plus general screenwriting tips.
www.filmscriptwriting.com

The Rocliffe New Writing forum
A monthly script-focussed networking forum, the event aims to help new writers hone their script for production. In-house casting directors find appropriate actors who will read through a section of the seven selected scripts each month and ask the audience for feedback. Excellent way to receive honest feedback.
www.rocliffe.com

The Script Factory: Script Reading Service
The Script Factory offers a script reading service for short and feature film scripts as well as treatments, at varying costs.
www.scriptfactory.co.uk

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